Food Review - Tao's Restaurant

Went to tis restaurant on Tuesday… Tao’s Restaurant… or 陶餐厅 shld sound more familiar to u… last time have advertisement on tv b4… it’s at selegie paradiz centre… the food is realli not bad so I’m recommending to u all here…

Juz for ur info… their menu is a standard 7-course dinner (meaning u go in eat dinner MUST have 7 items)… inclusive of 3 starters (fixed), 1 salad, 1 soup, 1 main entrée, 1 dessert & 1 drink (now tat I count, actually have 8 items, maybe they dun count the drink)… cost per person is $34 inclusive of tax…

Starter: Sorbet

Starter: Gratin

Tip - Eat it when still hot (spread on bread or juz eat it - ur choice), cold le not nice

The bread is good & it's free-flow, but dun eat too much coz u will be stuffed.

Starter: Grilled Mushroom

I know, two slices of mushroom stalk looks pathetic... but it tastes good.

Soup: Pumpkin Soup

The container so cute...

Abit too sweet... but still not bad...


Soup: Mushroom Soup

Good, quite thick... but not the best mushroom soup I had...

Main Entree: Baby Lobster Pasta
Average... lobster is realli "baby"... but pasta quite alot lah...


Main Entree: Pork Ribs
Nice... beri flavourful & tender... but quite fatty so not recommended for ladies on diet...


Main Entree: Lamb
Tender... strong herb taste... but I dun like the plate of sauce lah... it's mint...


Main Entree: Baked Flounder With Cheese
My order... flounder is a fish (in case u din know)... fish beri juicy and soft... cheese not overwhelming... good...


The Drinks
From Left: Apple, Mallow, Peach
Not your normal fruit tea... all have flowers inside... and the flowery taste actually stronger than the fruits... so more like flower tea... some ppl will like it, some ppl dun... ok for me...

Dessert: Yangshen Poached Pear
Introducing the pear tat dun taste like a pear... and dun taste like a dessert either...
Verdict - dun order


Dessert: Yam Ice Cream
Overwhelming taste of yam... no doubt it's YAM ice cream... I hate it...
Must-have for yam lovers

Dessert: Brulee
Not sure if I got the spelling correct... tis is not bad... I tink for Tao's restaurant, the weakest part is their desserts... nothing realli fantastic...


Dessert: Black Sesame Pudding
My order... average... can taste the sesame... but i dun like the condensed milk at the top... too sweet & "took over" the taste of the sesame pudding below...

Other remarks: The service is quite good... staff is friendly and very "on-the-ball"... they even tell u honestly wat "not to order" on the menu... oh ya... the guy from their tv ad is realli a staff at the restaurant... he's a captain or maybe outlet manager there...

I Hate Polyclinics

Complain complain… I wana complain…

Today accompanied my dad to go polyclinic see doc… coz he went to an optician recently and the optician said there’s some yellow spots in his eye… plus my dad always have problem of “dry eyes”… so decided to go for a detailed eye checkup…

Aiyo… the whole process so time-consuming n frustrating loh… tink abt it oso pek cek… had to queue five times loh… FIVE TIMES… registration must queue… then wait for consultation queue again… collect medicine queue… payment another queue… get referral letter oso queue… took more than 2 hours just to get one tiny bottle of eye drops & a letter… so toopid loh… and from my observations, I tink 2 hours oredi considered fast le (judging by their way of operation)… can get much worse on busy days…

Although the fee is cheaper (just $10.10), I would rather pay much more to go private clinic… save me the hassle & time-wasting…

Ok… have to cut short my post for now… my dad juz bought satay for supper (Yay!)… going to enjoy myself liao… haha… yummy…

Singapore Food Festival 2007

Here's some good lobangs for u all... in case u din know, the Singapore Food Festival 07 is in progress tis month... as part of the festival, many restaurants, cafes and makan places all over sg are having promos... some are actually quite good deals... Lawry's even have 40% off main courses...

Check it out at http://www.singaporefoodfestival.com/dp.html

简单的快乐

Some HAPPY things recently…

1st) Pay increment + bonus + GST rebate… not much but beta than nothing… mai hiam lah… and becoz of tis lump sum, my savings reach my next “target level”… hurray… cun reveal to u how much lah… haha… sensitive issue… now working hard towards next level…

2nd) I am being nominated for monarch or king by my kingdom mates in Utopia Online… for ur info, Utopia Online is an online medieval age war game… I play it becoz it is not time-consuming… u onli nid to log in for 5-10 min to complete whatever u nid to do for the day… not like other online games which wastes a lot of time and makes u a geek by making u spend ur entire day in front of the computer (like Maple Story, and I seriously dun understand why ppl can spend days & nights whacking mushrooms)… however, I humbly rejected the position coz I do not wish to spend too much time on the game… but it feels good to be respected and looked up upon…

3rd) I got to know a Thai-Chinese babe recently… I used the word “babe” so means she’s chio… beri chio in fact… *drooling*… haha… she’s my mum’s fren’s daughter-in-law’s sister… sounds complicated… too bad she’s going back to Thailand tmr… but I got her msn and email liao… hehe… dun misunderstand me wor… I have no ulterior motive de wor… make fren onli mah… improve foreign relations with Thailand somemore… hahaha…

难得can blog abt happy stuff… haha… may seem like some insignificant (read boliao) things to u but hey… I am learning to derive happiness from the little things in life…

Youth Day Post

Today is Youth Day… holiday for schools so no work today… so happy… but the thought of going back sch tmr after a long weekend is juz… duh…

Went to watch Transformers today… nice show… full of non-stop action… great for entertainment… not much of a story but who cares abt the story for tis type of show… juz sit back and enjoy the loads of fighting… brings back childhood memories too… tink it’s the trend nowadays to bring back childhood classics… 1st TMNT, now Transformers… wat next? Mars?? He-Man???

The teachers’ investiture (graduation ceremony) is next wed… have to collect & wear gown somemore… so troublesome… wun feel like going if not for the opportunity to take a day off… at 1st planned to go collect the gown + scroll + transcript tis wed at NIE de… but the principal actually rejected my leave application… WTF? Looks can realli be deceiving sia… he looks like such a nice guy but my frens got f**ked upside-down by him when they went to see him regarding the leave matter… lucky I din go… no wonder the ppl at the top are seldom popular… so fake… act friendly and approachable, then when u realli approach him for some matter, suddenly 翻脸... so horrible… is he a Decepticon?

Haiz… suan le… everytime tok abt school matters always end up in bad mood… aren’t there any happy things worth mentioning abt school? 越想越气。。。